Info on this OP bottle, is it soda, beer ?

[Calico]

What can you guys tell me about this bottle ? Is it a soda, beer, med ? How old and approx. value ?
Looks like it's never been cleaned. HUGE OP on base.
Embossed C. ELLIS & CO PHILADA

I found it in a tiny antique store here in MA.

 

[Calico]

Another pic

 

[Calico]

The base:

 

[Calico]

OK...I did a bit more research and I think this is a Citrate of Magnesia bottle.

How old do you think it is ?

 

[Gratefuldigger]

I sold one a while back and advertised it as a medicine,Someone contacted me and said it was actually a soda bottle.C.Ellis sold soda,there are pontil and smooth base.This is probably worth around $65 -$75.

 

[tigue710]

look at that pontil!

I always thought he sold a citrate, which is a soda medicine really, isnt it?

 

[Calico]

It's the biggest pontil I've ever seen.

Thanks for the info.
What kind of lip would you call this ?

 

[treasurekidd]

That's a nice one Calico. I sold an aqua smooth base version on ebay for about $15 a few months ago. I would tend to agree with the $65-$75, maybe a bit more if it cleaned up nice. Good score!

 

[cyberdigger]

I think the lip would be called "applied double collar" ..unless there's a more specific term

 

[tigue710]

its an applied rounded lip double collar if ya want to be specific... , you can get very specific with all the dang lip treatments out there...

for me there is applied, rolled, flared, sheared and then everything else!